The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 8, 1980
Waning Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
4:16 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 710
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 227.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.88° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.89° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.